Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22
Buffalo Bill In London.

The English people are more 'ni
pres sed by the magnificent riding az
the Wild West show than they are oy
n other features of the exhibition,
writes Crawford to the New York
world from London. The sporting
papers devote a good deal OF space TO
a study of the American school OF
enuestrianism. Nearly all OF the pro-
fessional critics agree that the Amer
ican style OF sitting firmly in the
saddle, as ii the rider were a part OF
the horse, instead OF rising in the Eng
Iish way, is greatly to be preferred. l
should not be at all surprised II the
advent of the Wild West should pro-
duce a marked changed in the Eng.
lish school OF riding. Recently an OLD
army officer had a long card IN the
Time showing the superior points OF
the cowboy style OF riding, and calling
upon the English horsemen to study
that style OF riding 70 learn grace,
security. and how to best save the
strength of the horse. The style oil
the riding taught in the fashionable
English riding school is the reverse Oh
graceful. The stirrups OF the rider
is drawn up SO short that the RIDER
knees are brought up nearly 70 ms
face This shortening OF the stirrups
curIs the rider forward so that ne
looks as if laboring under an exagger-
ated curvature OF the spine. lake
this ungraceful position and then give
the figure occupying it a regular Jump
ing-iack motion, six inches up n
down at every step OF the horse, n
you have a correct idea OF the grace
and poetry o. motion tanght In the
English riding schools. The rising IN
the saddle may be easy for the rider,
but it is very hard on the horse Tor a
long distance ride. 1t is a style
that may do for the parks and
short country rides, but 1T can
not be compared for a mo-
ment with the western border style
OF sitting firmly in the saddle ana
holding on by the knees, so that the
rider moves only as if be were a part
of the horse. The cowboy riders sit
perfectly erect, and are SO graceful IN
their bearing, even when they are rid
inc the hardest, that they demon
strate the correctness OF the style, for
off their horses they are not particu-
larly graceful or interesting.
No American who has ever visited
Europe has attracted more attention
than Buffalo Bill. General Grant
when he came here, did not occupy a
larger space in the minds oithe British
public than Buffalo Bill. Although
Mr.. Cody has not been in London
over a month, he is to-day as well
known to the masses of thisgreat city
OF 5000, 900 as the queen. You
could not pick up in the most
obscure quarter of London any one
so ignorant as to not know who and
what he is. His name is on every wall.
His picture is in nearly every window.
Another peculiar feature OF Cody's
London fame is that he is equally pop.
ular in the lwoest and highest walks
OF society. He is really a great Lon
don lion. He Is as much in demand
at all kinds OF society gatherings Is il
he were a visiting prince. Indeed, few
visiting princes could have as many
invitations thrust upon them as he
has had since his arrival here. He is
obliged to refuse the majority of the
invitations which pursue him. Hetried
to go out to the London dinners
when hefirst came here, but he soon
found they were too much for him.
Latterly he finds it much more agree
able to entertain people in his own
quarters, where there is nearly always
a crowd when there is no performance
on.